Drawings from the Belle Époque exhibit at QAG

Degas, Renoir, Rodin, Manet – from merely reading their names, dreamy mental imagery of tip-toeing through the impressive Musée d’Orsay on Paris’ left bank, gazing at the romantic works from the artists of the Belle Époque, begins to form.

These magical works by renowned French artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are no longer for Paris dwellers’ eyes only, exhibiting in Brisbane from March 24.

Spanning Impressionist, Post Impressionist, Avante-Garde and Art Noveau pieces, this three-month-long exhibition features 100 expressive drawings showing women in family life and domesticity, women in love and at leisure in city streets, cafes and on stages, and in portraits and nudes.

Curated by the Musée d’Orsay’s Isabelle Julia – the curator in charge of the Department of Graphic Arts – the exhibition will transport you to France’s golden age with its depictions of its evolving woman, and the men who painted them.